Writing / Visiting Author


George’s first book, THE FIB AND OTHER STORIES was published in 1975 and is on the National Curriculum. His second book THE SWAP AND OTHER STORIES, was published to great acclaim and this was followed by his third collection, THE TRICK AND OTHER STORIES published in 2006.
In 2015 THE FIB AND OTHER STORIES celebrated 40 years in print. To mark this his publisher, Macmillan, brought out a special 40th Anniversary edition incorporating his three collections into a single volume.
He was delighted to be asked by Michael Morpurgo to be one of the contributing authors for his anthology to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the second world war, STORIES OF WAR AND CONFLICT. (Macmillan)
George is in frequent demand in Britain and abroad as a visiting author to schools, colleges and universities and for his one-man show THE PIGEON AND ME based on two of the stories from his second book.
In 2000 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Bradford in recognition of his work as an actor and writer.
Some of George’s Books:

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Some of George’s Books:

“…a real treat to be able to plunge into this new collection and immensely gratifying to find Layton’s world just as compelling as ever…The stories unerringly conjure up the atmosphere of war-weary early 1950’s England, each is superbly crafted… But George Layton’s real theme is his advocation of tolerance and understanding of humanity in all its varied forms including the cross-dressing Major who misses his wife, or the wheelchair-bound, brain-damaged Eric Shackleton,once champion wrestler of Yorkshire…
These humorous, sensitive but real stories are just aching to be read…”
Some of George’s Books:
The Fib, The Swap, The Trick and Other Stories
In The Fib, The Swap and The Trick, George Layton’s collections of short stories evoke a nostalgic, atmospheric view of growing up in the 1950s. Now together for the first time in Kindle Edition.
£3.79
Audiobook: The Swap and Other Stories
George Layton reads from his book The Swap and Other Stories
Double Audio CD
£13.60 (inc of P&P)